as for the hate crime allegations, she said no way. thomas stated that he did it because he's homophobic. sasha was wearing a skirt on a bus causing second and 3rd degree burns. >> gender identity was part of what led to this kind of violence. >> this is the director of san francisco's -- lesbian and transgender association. his mother told me he's writing a letter of apology to the family and she wants to meet the family to apologize, as well. he's being hold with no bail and will be back in court on tuesday. live in oakland, ktvu channel 2 news. more details on hate crimes.

under california law, hate crimes are criminal or attempted criminal acts because of an individual's perceived identity including race, religion, sexual orientation, disability or national identity. in california, hate creams can be felonies. misdemeanors or enhancements that could lead to the death penalty. the victim identifies himself as a gender or in his words, quote, gender queer. they don't identify themselves as female or may female. >> each person is different in how they chose to express that, whether behaving in an adrongenous manner. >> the specific center offers a support work for a gender individuals and there is help in online communities, as well.

now to our continuing coverage of the deadly accident on the bart tracks that claimed two lives. today, union leaders called for a criminal investigation into the deaths two of the workers. the comments were made during the legislative committee on rail safety. lawmakers want to know if new system is needed to make the system safer. tom a the two sides here are still not seeing eye to eye. that's incredible. that best describes the relationship between bart and its unions. >> the burden of safety lies solely on the worker. >> the union's wasted no time in summing up their relationships with bart management. >> a culture that does not take workers or the health and safety of workers seriously. >> the union painted bart as an agency obsessed with on time performance, as well as safety citations at the expense of worker safety. >> they're not taking the safety of the worker into account and

they're trying to make the worker or the passenger the person at fault. >> the committee acquired as to why bart appeals osha safety citations sometimes years on end in specific cases. in return, they got generalities. >> they tried to abate whatever the citation was base audio. >> all open safety notices are reviewed and tracked until they're completed and closed. we have a safety culture, yes, we do. >> he said they'll subpoena the specifics. >> you've come without any specific response or warning. >> it will now be so strict it could slow or curtail overall service. >> it's going to have an impact,

quite possibly on our service reliability, on our budget. as i said, maybe on hours of operation. >> and as we said, one union went so far as to urge criminal actions against bart for the two deaths that recommendation they say should be made to the district attorney. reporting live, tom vacar, channel 2 news. a new campaign is aim to be keep commuters safe while riding bay area buses and trains. >> we put police decoy on plains and trains. >> a local police chief shows the extra steps officers are taking to keep riders safe this season. and new details after a baby after the statewide amber alert. the baby was found safe in mexico with his father. he was arrested by mexican authorities cross the boarder from arizona. they're turned the baby and his

father over to deputies in arizona last night. the santa clara county da's office said it is working on getting him extradited. and 6:00 is is kickoff, one of the biggest games in college football. more than 50,000 people are jamming into stanford and you see the results here. highway 82 backed up, it's probably the same on highway 101. you can see here both 101 and 82 are lit up as they break those fans to stanford stadium. all that red is stopped traffic. look at university cutting across between 101 and 82, also red. from end to end. of course tonight's game has

been sold out for months. fred is there tonight. fred, this about as big as it gets in college football. >> reporter: absolutely. i know you're a big cal supporter. they're coming down here november 23rdrd. as far as the nation is concerned, this is the big game. people are streaming in, very polite group. everybody seems to be walking on the crosswalks. they're recycling. this is just a very congenial crowd as we are about an hour away. people have been here for hours and hours, and as far as the stanford fans are concerned, they've got this tailgating down to a science. >> this is remarkable. we were coordinated, calling each other. we've been e-mailing for weeks about this tailgate. >> how you do you decide what to

drink? there's so much variety. >> this man was cooking everything but duck. we had our friends down from oregon and we had roast duck. these guys watch tapes of the 2009 and 2012 stanford/oregon games. we're looking to gather the energy for the victories against oregon and hopefully that'll play out on the field today. >> i invited my younger brother. >> in fact, there were several mixed groups. >> these are your own kids? >> these are my own kids. >> what did you not do right? >> i'm trying to figure that out myself. >> let me guess, you guys are oregon fans? >> yes, very much so. >> it brings a smile and that's what it's all about. it's supposed to be fun. we make people smile and have a

good time. >> reporter: i was really amazed to go around through here and just see how many mixed groups of ducks and cardinal fans were really having -- enjoying themselves a tailgate party. in about an hour, they'll be on the opposite side of the stadium and it is in the bc standings, oregon's number 3, stanford's number 5, stanford's a double digit underdog but fans will remind you, they were underdogs and handed oregon the only loss of last year, hoping to do it again. we'll have highlights and sound at 10:00. reporting live, fred english, ktvu channel 2 news. i'm picking stanford.

it's about defense versus offense. oregon's averaging 25 points a game. they may have a shot. >> thanks, fred. a great day for twitter and its wall street debut. the price was set at $26, but it opened at $45 and $0.10. $50.09 and closed at just under $45. the social media company has a market valuation of $25 billion. it has around 230 million users which means major advertising potential. twitter has not produced a profit in seven years that has potential buyers saying they're going to be cautious. >> i'm going to wait and see how the market reacts. >> the housing advocacy group protested with concern they'll bring nor tech millionaires to

-- more tech millionaires to buy real estate making homes less affordable. and invited to be front and center, vivian gained worldwide recognition for setting up a lemon eight stand with the proceeds going to fight slavery. today or twitter account is full of pictures from the launch and sir patrick stuart who helped open the ringing bell. >> and stocks were down today. the dow lost 152 points after yesterday's high closed. nasdaq dropped 74. analysts say investors are worried the surprising growth in the economy will lead to the feds to pull back on the stimulus program soon. >> so how often to cars catch on fire? every week we see them on local roads including this fire last night on 880 in oakland.

ktvu patty joins us from the richmond san raphael bridge. >> there were 172,000-car fires last year down from 8 % the year before. over the past five years there's been a year to year increase. >> reporter: take a look at these roads. what you do see is the design of the cars are the problem. >> there's vehicles that we notice have a tendency in car fires. >> high profile vehicle fires were the biggest hint. the fires are caused by mechanical or electrical problems. a leading investigator for the insurance company explained why. turns out 85% of newer model cars are run by computers, which means there's more wiring which never shuts off and everything

jammed into cars designed to be smaller, lighter and more fuel efficient, there can be problems. >> i see more of those types of fire as anything else. there is about 2 or 3% increase, enough to be significant. >> one way to see if your car is at risk, take a look at what's under the hood. if you can see the ground underneath, there is enough air circulating to keep those comb opponents from combusting. live from richmond, ktvu channel 2 news. ex-pyred -- expired tires on the road. >> and pg&e,ed order, the order that the ceo has given. >> and common food surprises we

found at the supermarket. >> and right after the break, the computer models have been flipping around a little bit and that means those rain chances a as we head toward the weekend have moved. i'll let you know what you can expect back here in just a few minutes. i love watching tv outside.

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fried food, frozen pizza and deserts, trans fats are found everywhere. the artery clogging ingredient may be on its way out. the federal food and drug administration proposed what amounts to ban on transfat. it's in hundreds of foots here. john fowler investigated why one doctor is calling it poison. >> heart experts tell me transfats kill 20,000 americans a year from heart attacks.

many people told us they're aware. >> everything i eat i check the label, calories and everything. >> once common in fast food, california two years ago forbade transfats in restaurants. california law does not cover packaged items. >> take for instance, microwave popcorn. if you heat the whole bag more than six times the maximum recommended daily amount of transfats. >> i think of trans fats as poison. >> this heart surgeon told me they lead directly to clogged arteries. it builds plaque. >> manufacturers use trans fats to add texture from cookies to

chilly. the fda now wants trans fats to the recognized ingredients list. >> i think it's worth it because of our health and our arteries. >> plus we've learned even if you read 0 trans fats, don't be fooled. 0 doesn't mean zero. it has to be half a gram or less. under the new rule, all foods will have 0. and more detail on the start of the anti trans fast area. in 2004, it helped tiber are on toeron to stop using trans fat. from there, the movement grew it is what it is today. and cal trans says the project to fix the bolts on the new bay bridge will be delayed

about a month. the custom saddle for faulty bolts won't be ready until january 8th, instead of december. cal trans says it took longer than expected and was complex. a day after scientists increased the risk of asteroids hitting the earth, a firery streak of light in the sky. this happened last night. people from as far away as arizona, utah, las vegas, and came from the meteor shower this time of year. >> can you really see it there. >> let's talk about our weather. we were at stanford a little earlier. >> great weather tonight. it's been a nice pattern. fall is as good as it gets in

the bay area. i'm rooting rain on clouds were there this morning. take a look at the fast-forward camera. ended up with clouds clearing off pretty rapidly. it's going to be kind of cool tonight and we're going to see some changes as we go through time. see the clouds clearing out? as we go into the next couple days, more mild daytime highs. the high pressure ridge is slowly breaking down and as it does we're looking for that opportunity for some rain chances in here as we go toward the end of the weekend into early next week. and clouds increase, a little breezy and the rain or the showers hopefully will come after that. overnight lows tonight, upper 40s, mid-40s, something like. that computer model brings a few clouds in the morning.

coastal fog returns tomorrow morning. that'll drop the numbers. 70 in fairfield, 70 in napa, 71 in santa rosa and san jose 70 and 72. things are changing. here's the five-day forecast. what's happen something clouds are sticking around, a little coastal fog, and then we had a chance of showers on monday. now we're pushing into monday night on tuesday and the models are back -- have backed off on the significant rainfall for this event. i'm hoping that changes around the next model run. i'll have that at 10:00. and your weekend is fine, just mild temperatures. again things are changing. model's been kind of flip-flopping. there's your five-day forecast with the bay area weekend in view. i know how it goes, you want to get some rain going and after a couple dry years, this is -- this is a pivotal winter for us. we need rain. >> it looks like we are going to get something?

>> we'll get a little something and after that, there's some more stuff lining up. i had hopes for the series of things that were going to be pulled in. the models pulled away from that. we'll update those models at 6:00 and at 10:00. >> thanks, bill. time magazine is under fire, why chris christy is drawing criticism. plus, the major victory in the senate for gay right supporters. >> now to julie in the news room for what we're working on for 6:00. >> a grandmother frightened for her life. >> i heard gunshot, as well. >> from broken windows to hateful messages, the attacks leaving her terrorized in her own home, then sex crimes in school, the federal investigation revealing the problem in the school detective, there's details and more coming up at 6:00.

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tonight a new effort to stop scenes like this one here. people so busy with their smart phones they're becoming targets

for criminals. the new campaign called eyes up, phones down and police hope people riding buses and training get the message. we're live with david, explain how it's already making a difference. >> reporter: gasia, police are putting some extra muscle behind this particular campaign and it's already making it successful. for commuters, it's a way of killing time. for san francisco police it's the equivalent of holding out a handful of money. >> two out of three robberies involve some sort of a smart phone. >> eyes up phones down, reminding riders to put down their phones. >> we've had people walk in front of trains on their phones. >> passengers on this muni train were absorbed to see this suspect pull out a gun.

this undercover officer is one of a dozen uniformed cops part of the new campaign. >> we put plain-clothes officers. we may give them a make iphone or a book that looks like it belongs to apple. >> the extra officers prompted an 83% drop in transit robberies in september and october. the hope is the public awareness campaign will get passengers to stop doing this. >> when i'm on the bus i always keep it down in my purse. i've seen too many of them get snatched. it's hard to break bay bad habit some say. >> if somebody took my phone right now, there's no way i would be able to catch them. they're gone. >> funding for the extra officers came through a $1 million federal grant that sat to the last through the holiday season into march. reporting live in san francisco, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. muni's report is out and it

confirms muni buses run behind schedule. there was a slight improvement with 80% of buss on schedule -- 60% of buses on schedule. the number of delays have dropped and more vehicles are being put into service. the san francisco sheriff's department says a 57-year-old's body was found in a hospital stairwell 17 days after she went missing. today, the sheriff's department sent us an e-mail days that the dispatcher had been reassigned. there had been disputed accounts of what happened but family members say it is clear that the hospital and the sheriff's department botched the search. the highway patrol is trying to figure out why a woman was running across a busy oakland freeway. that woman was in the lanes of traffic on westbound interstate

580 at about 4:45 this morning near the mcarthur boulevard. she was killed on impact. the corner identifies her at ramirez of oakland. the 2 left lanes of the freeway were shut down about an hour-and-a-half. pg&e's executive wants a full record of the pipeline investigation. the ceo is asking for an audit. he wants to see if there were any flaws in how the explosion was handled. it started from a memo about an engineer who raised concern. they recommended they pay a $17 million fine to failing to notify about false records. and unmanned aircraft known as drones, the faa took the initial steps toward clearing the way for this to happen. >> our faa forecast estimates we

could expect 7,500 small unmanned aircrafts in our national air spais in the next five yeerspace in the next five years. aed min straighter michael juert -- admin straighter michael juerta says a big concern is pilot training and whether they'll be able to detect and avoid a plane. and could a drone be high jack. they say people's privacy will be at risk. >> i just don't know how much data is being gathered and how long it's being stored for and what other data is being combined with. right now, the faa issues permits to fly drones on a case-by-case basis, but by the end of the year it's expected to choose six sites across the country to study and test them. the agency has received 25

applications for those testing sites including a proposal from here in california. the 16-day government shutdown back at the start of august cost $2.2 billion in loss productivity, from the office of the management and budget. today's report says furloughs resulted in a total of 6.6 million lost days at its peak, 850,000 people were told to stay home. the report says that shut down also prevented the creation of 120,000 jobs, impacted travel and tourism, and halted critical public services like health trials and safety inspections. and a group is called shared hope and it's releasing its annual report card on what states are doing to stop sex trafficking. for the 3rd year in a row, california gets a grade of f. the group prays new state laws increase prison time and fines for sex traffickers. it's not enough. >> the states need to take some stronger laws and implement

them, putting guys in jail, and prosecuting them for buying commercial sex with children. if there were not a buyer. >> it has the least effective antitrafficking laws in the country. most other states improved their scores with failing grades. the fight to keep city college of san francisco from losing accreditation now has a 3rd lawsuit working its way through the legal system. ccf coalition announced the latest lawsuit accusing the accrediting committee of self violations and asking the court to nullify the decision. all three people in the lawsuits are working together. >> the other two suits were brought first of all by the teacher's union and by the city attorney of san francisco. we want to be sure that the people who have brought this suit are at the table when there

are conversation business resolving this. >> they said the people behind today's lawsuit are a diverse group of students, faculty and staff. now to the south bay where the president of san jose state university says no classes will be cut during the you upcoming spring semester after all. the school says funds allocated to campus infrastructure are being redirected to academic unit. as a result class sections that faced elimination are spared. just yesterday, the university held an emergency meeting to discuss a $4 million budget shortfall. and a hidden hazard on the road, how two tires caused a violent crash that left one man forever changed, the danger this man says should know about. >> and the troubling impact about the government's shut down and the missile defense system. and the development in the works to bring new series to netflix. ♪

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potentially dangerous tires. >> and a california mascot under fire. >> and after the break i have the computer model lined up, going to show you the rain headed our way. look at that, back here in just a few minutes 34rz . new, affordable health plans so you can be ready for whatever comes your way. enroll today at coveredca.com.

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vehicles and what you can do to protect yourself. >> getting behind the wheel brings back memories for darrell. >> i was in good physical health and quite excited about carrying on life. >> life changed forever in 2010. he was driving town i-5 in the central valley when he thought he was getting a flat tire is. >> i could hear the noise, typical thump. >> the left rear tire on his ford explorer started coming apart. >> then it started to get louder and louder and tear up the wheel well and i could see debris. his suv crashed and flipped several times. he had damage to his neck back and collar bone and the tire that tore apart shouldn't have been on the road by many recommendations. >> a number of consumer groups and auto makers suggest replacing tires once they're six

years old saying over time, the components break down making a tire more prone to failing. he had his tires checked out before his trip. the mechanic suggested switching out one tire because it was showing signs of wear, but never told him his other tires were prone to failure because they were all just as old as the one that looked bad. it was the tread of one of those other tires that came apart. his lawyer says like the peel coming off an orange. >> it was kind of an invisible killer, really. >> his life points to tire fact, decoding the 11 digit code on the tire showing you when and where it was manufactured and whether part of a recall. the last four digits give the week and the year the tire was made. >> had they asked me or told me that all of my tire his to be taken out of service, that they were hold, i would have spent

the money and had new tires put on them. >> turned out recalled tires are just as big of a a concern. tonight on the 10:00 news, we find recalled tires still on vehicles. plus inside bay area tire shops to see what's in their stock. 2 investigates on the 10:00 news. a southern california high school is under fire over its long time mascot, the aarab. it came to the attention of the american arab discrimination committee. they sent a letter asking them to get rid of the mascot. they call it harmful, negative stereotyping. some alumni say it honors middle eastern culture in the valley. >> it wasn't to discriminate; it was to say, thank you middle east, iraq, all those areas that donated -- we bought it from

them -- the date chutes and now the data industry. the district says it plans to district the issue at its next board meeting this month. and a land purchase that'll help preserve open space and wildlife near mount diablo state park. it paid search $.2 million for the curry canyon ranch property on the south side of the mountain surrounded by three sides on the park. it needs to raise $3 million to pay off the loan. it plans to turn it over to a park agency. >> and it was a dramatic rescue in griffith park in long ang less los angeles this morning. and we've got some pretty cute video. a 2-year-old's play date with a tiger cub's getting attention online. he was all dressed up on his visit to the zoo in washington.

he starts running back and forth as the 6-month-old tiger cub chased him on the other side of the glass. after a while the cub got a little tired, but he's just like the bunny and just kept ongoing. >> that's what 2-year-olds do. now let's go to bill martin. hopefully it will be nice out there. >> that was seriously cute. that was good stuff. nice weekend coming up, and the clouds are coming in, and the rain is supposed to come in. hopefully it will happen. the numbers from today, the high temperatures we achieved, 76? santa rosa, 76 in antioch. clouds in the area right now. a as we come in close, the temperatures as they exist currently. 16 in antioch69 in livermore.

and coastal fog that cools off pacifica and san francisco. the way the pattern works, cool to the north, warm to the south. the jet stream really divides the old from the warm air. the jet stream gets a little closer to us, that starts -- it doesn't drop over us, but it increases the cooling as the jet stream gets t gets cooler and warmer as it goes up in the basin. a dry weekend ahead. the idea is it's going to drop a little bit and bring showers to the area. long range model here. we stop at 4 a.m. on tuesday and it lines up offshore. hopefully this results in something. as i said earlier, this system, the model's been backing off on this rain. a couple days ago, it was looking at a quarter inch, half inch of rain. that can all change. tonight at 10:00, latest computer model runs, we'll take a look and we'll dial in the

latest model for you tonight at 10:00. the forecast highs for friday, look at that. this week's flying by. 69 in sunnyvale, 60 in pacifica, fog at the coast. so a lot going on. bay area weekend, is clearly in view and the bay area weekend looks pretty good. we're looking at some nice looking weather into the weekend. the warmest day will be sunday. if all goes well, monday, tuesday we start to transition into an in inclimate weather pattern. >> big game in palo alto right now. >> wish i was there. a flash mob in a san francisco operating room. you don't see that every day, do you? the story behind this dance party and how people across the country responded including one

of music's biggest stars. i love watching tv outside. and why can you move the tv out here? the wireless receiver. i got that when i switched to u-verse. but why? because it's so much better than cable. it's got more hd channels, more dvr space. yeah, but i mean, how did you know? i researched. no, i-i told you. no. yeah! no. the important part is that you're happy now. and i got you this visor. you made a visor! yes! that i'll never wear. ohh. [ male announcer ] get u-verse tv for just $19 a month for two years with qualifying bundles. rethink possible.

a super typhoon is expected to hit the philippines ever to make land fall. it's logging sustained winds of almost 200 miles an hour with stronger gusts, equivalent of a

category 5 hurricane. about a million people have evacuated their homes. it is expected to cut a path through the country's sential region. and military leader it is went to say more cuts could compromise the built to defend itself. general from the chiefs of staff from the army, air force and marines, it says it can the reduce in maintenance, training and technological capacity. congress is still divided on whether to increase military spending. and cisco opened its doors to veterans at a san jose campus. there were men tors on hand, recruiters -- mentors on hand and recruiters to suggest to vet's transition into formal life and in civilian and corporate terms. >> it just kind of opens up my eyes to the possibility of life after the military. it should be just as exciting as

life in the military. >> organizers say veterans are highly hirable because they bring life skills such a a strong sense of team work and others. and a san francisco doctor actually dancing with her surgical team just as she's about to undergo a very serious operation. ktvu's rob ross found that video is serving as an inspiration and have gotten a response from a very famous singer. >> this video is creating quite the internet buzz. it shows uc san francisco doctor rocking out in the operating room with her surgical team tuesday morning, and all this is happening just as cohen was about to undergo a double mastectomy. >> she's recovering at home and spoke this morning via skype

with the show that aired today on ktvu. she picked the song get me bodied by beyonce. it has such a good beat. >> and beyonce responded saying, deborah, you're awesome. >> cohen asked friends and family to join her in the dance from wherever they were tuesday morning to lend support. among them was this breast cancer survivor. >> there was joy in that operating room. it wasn't a serious, depressing and dark scene, it was, hey, we're alive and let's shake it. >> lori is a member of the support group, bay area young survivors, says it will undergo as an inspiration for anyone going under an ordeal. >> i just love the model of facing your fears and

celebratory. >> the ob has been overjoyed at the response -- ob/gyn has been feeling overwhelmed and very spiritually fulfilled. at been an amazing flood of love. >> the doctor expects to be back at work seeing patients in january. no word on whether we could expect to see any more dancing videos. san francisco rob ross, ktvu channel 2 news now at 6:00, sexual harassment are so prevent the federal government has stepped in. the list of ranges some campuses must make to ensure student's safety. and the 16-year-old accused of setting someone on fire is writing a letter to the victims who apologized, the serious charges file the against that teen today. >> and this grandmother says someone is terrorizing her and the police won't do anything

about it, the damages spreading to neighboring homes. . richmond high school drew unwanted attention when a 15-year-old girl was gang raped outside a home coming dance in 2009. now, we're learning a federal investigation has uncovered a culture of sexual assaults among students that, quote, permeated the school district. good evening, i'm julie haner. >> and i'm frank summerville. >> the federal investigation found the west contra costa unified school district has not done enough to stop sexual harassment on school campuses. ken prisonet on the details -- pritchett on a details of a settlement. >> it was the department of education that launched this investigation with one official says she was dismayed by the assault in elementary and secondary schools within the district. the district accepts the findings of this investigation but says in recent years the

environment has improved. >> 17-year-old iris wong is a senior at the brand-new school that when it comes to safety, has all the bells and whistles. >> we have all these amazing security here and surveillance cameras, so i feel safe. >> the district sites the 132 cameras, fencing and other security measures installed there and at other schools as steps the district took after the 2009 gang rape of a student that led to national headlines. that led to an investigation about the department of education's office for civil rights which cited evidence of sexual assaults, demands for sexual favors and more all creating a hostile environment. >> the west contra costa unified takes these allegations seriously. >> the district has spent millions of dollar on security systems, the